AC [US Server] Lotus 98T @ Monza - Monday, August 4th

Fernando Deutsch · Aug 4, 2014

@Pablo Cortes hope you get better.

Ohhhh, I am so tempted to race this fabulose combo, but I have a tennis game tonight, what to do, what to do

Joao Alves · Aug 4, 2014

Woohoo! More sign ups!

Leemstradamus · Aug 4, 2014

I'm mulling it over. I have no time in this car though. Depends if my errands are done by then.

R.J. O'Connell · Aug 4, 2014

I am a "maybe" for this event. My work hours are very inconsistent as I don't know when I'll be let off work at any time until the call is made. If I'm back home and off work by the time booking ends, I'll participate.

JeffL · Aug 4, 2014

I know people are busy tonight but I'm thinkin.........

R.J. O'Connell · Aug 4, 2014

If I had either of those things in abundance I'd be here a lot less.

Also, my skin for the race is in the collection thread.

Joao Alves · Aug 5, 2014

I'll be running this skin if anyone's interested.
http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/williams-fw11-98t-skin.2804/

Heresy, I know!

JeffL · Aug 5, 2014

Meow, bok bok, I just got notified for conference call tonight. Have to withdrawl.

Have lots of fun guys.

James Bolton · Aug 5, 2014

Im in

James Bolton · Aug 5, 2014

sorry i cant make it i gotta go out , have fun

Joao Alves · Aug 5, 2014

Fun race! Was really looking forward to battling you @Justin Talent... Too bad about the engine

My first win!

R.J. O'Connell · Aug 5, 2014

Only down a lap despite two spins from mashing the gas too hard and having a car that was absolutely HORRID on the low-speed chicanes. I feel my confidence growing with keeping the car on the track considering I had next to none 24 hours ago, but I still need more speed to go with it.

Good race though.

Ryan Ogurek · Aug 5, 2014

Nice race guys! Not real great for me but still fun as always!

Chris · Aug 5, 2014

Fun race guys

Just one thing, @Michael Young, you must stay within the white lines of the track at all times (especially when taking turns 1 and 4).
Putting 4 wheels over the white lines isn't allowed.
I know you're not a serial offender but, just remember this for next time mate.

Edit:
Just seen in the replay, and you cut T1 and T4 almost every lap of the race. Please don't do this again, or we will have to hand out penalties. Yes penalties are turned off, but that doesn't mean you should cut the track limits.

Please remember this in future.

Justin · Aug 5, 2014

Fun race all

Had an OK time in quali that was quick enough for pole, but I really felt like there was another second on or so in that lap.

Race was great. Diced with Joao early before a few mistakes let him escape my slipstream. Was catching him back up before I crashed into Ryan on lap 10 after he blew an engine just before the first chicane and lost control. Had that crash actually happened I'm positive neither driver would have survived. I hit him at around 200 kph directly into his cockpit area which sent his car flying. Check the replay out and you'll see.

After that I lost a massive amount of time and was very lucky to stay in 2nd after Michael and Chris' early race issues. I settled in for the long haul to track Joao down.

Lap by lap I was reeling him in, and after a few risky laps on 80% turbo and a few scares with overtaking lapped cars, I was on his rear wing going into the first chicane on the final lap. However while braking early here to avoid hitting Joao my engine decided to give up, ending my race. It was most likely a result of possibly still being barely on the throttle on the first downshift, and these cars do not play friendly with engine braking.

Oh well, still enjoyed the race very much. Joao deserved his first win here, too consistent.

Michael Young · Aug 5, 2014

Chris Stacey said:
Fun race guys

Just one thing, @Michael Young, you must stay within the white lines of the track at all times (especially when taking turns 1 and 4).
Putting 4 wheels over the white lines isn't allowed.
I know you're not a serial offender but, just remember this for next time mate.

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Edit:
Just seen in the replay, and you cut T1 and T4 almost every lap of the race. Please don't do this again, or we will have to hand out penalties. Yes penalties are turned off, but that doesn't mean you should cut the track limits.

Please remember this in future.

Yah I know, I just assumed to go by the penalties of the game ie. the game doesn't penalise you 5s when penalties are on. So I just thought most people would have done it anyway. I'll keep it in mind for future

Chris · Aug 5, 2014

Michael Young said:
Yah I know, I just assumed to go by the penalties of the game ie. the game doesn't penalise you 5s when penalties are on. So I just thought most people would have done it anyway. I'll keep it in mind for future

No worries mate.

It is a bit annoying that the game is pretty loose on the penalty system in some areas that need it to be stricter, and then it's too strict in areas where it should be more lenient.

But yeah, regardless of whether or not penalties are turned on or off, as drivers we should be racing in accordance with Point #6 of our basic racing rules.

Michael Young · Aug 5, 2014

Chris Stacey said:
It is a bit annoying that the game is pretty loose on the penalty system in some areas that need it to be stricter, and then it's too strict in areas where it should be more lenient.

^this I agree with. You can tap the grass which slows you down AND you get penalised and sometimes you can run on tarmac and not get penalised at all :s It's just like on silverstone (small circuit) you can go wide before the backstraight a fair bit before it penalises you with a fat 5s. But yeah, something to keep note of even if the system doesn't penalise you in practise